Railway-car.



' 0.703,069. y Patented 'lune 24, |902.l F.KKU.EMPEL.

RAILWAY SAR.

(Application filed Oct. 31, 1901.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES I PATENT ICE.

FREDERICK KUEMPEL, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFv TO IRVIN LINCOLN, OF BUFFALO, NEIV YORK.

RAILWAY-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 703,069, dated J' une 24, 1902.

Application filed October 3l, 1901. Serial Nm 80,635. (No modeLl To @ZZ whom it may concern: upper ends of the tie-bolts E with openings Y Be it known that I, FREDERICK KUEMPEL, fof sufficient size to admit a socket-wrench a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Buffor tightening the nuts lot the bolts. To each falo, in the county of Erie and State of New of these openings is applied a short upright 55 5 York, have invented new and usefullmprovetube or nipple G, open at both ends and proments in Railway-Cars, of which the followvided with a base-ange g, which is secured ing is a specification. to the upper side of the deck A by any suit- This invention relates to the roof structure able means, preferably by soldering the same of railway-cars. The upper and lower deckto the tin covering h of the deck. As most 6o 1o rails of such cars are usually tied together by clearly shown in Fig. 3, the under side g of vertical rods or bolts which pass through the this iiange is preferably inclined or beveled deck posts or studs. The nuts of these bolts, from side to side, so as to rest fiat upon the which are arranged at the upper ends of the sloping upper deck, Vwhile its upper side or bolts, are liable to become loose from the face g2 is horizontal or in aplane at right an- 65 I 5 straining of the car-timbers due to the vibragles to the axis of the tube G. This tube protions of the car, rendering it necessary to jects above the upper deck and is externally tighten the nuts from time to time. In tightscrew-threaded and, if desired, it may exening these bolts it has heretofore been the tend into the wrench-opening f of the deck, common practice to cut holes in the roof and as shown. l zo its tin covering opposite the tie-bolts to gain I is a screw-cap removably applied to the access to the nuts, the holes being covered by projecting screw-threaded portion of the tube patches of tin after taking up the looseness G for preventing the entrance of rain, snow, of the bolts. This practiceY involves a conand dust through the same. The lower edge siderable loss of time and material and gives of this cap is straight and bears against the 75 the roofa patched and unsightly appearance. horizontal upper face of the tube-flange g,

The object of my invention is to provide forming a tight joint. The screw-cap is prothe car-roof with simple and inexpensive vided with a flat-sided rim c', adapted to remeans for facilitating access to the nuts of ceive a wrench for tightening and releasing the tie-bolts and at the same time reliably thecap. Asshownin the drawings, the edges 8o 3o closing the openings in the roof through of the tube-flanges g are convex or rounded, which the nuts are reached, so as to exclude so as to shed rain therefrom. By providing the weather. the car with such closures opposite the tieln the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is bolts E the nuts of the bolts are readily aca transverse section of a passenger-car emoessible upon simply removing the screw-caps 85 bodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a fragmen- I, thus enabling any looseness of the bolts to tary longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is be readily taken up. This construction not an enlarged vertical section of one of the caps only saves material and the time required by applied to the car-deck. Fig. 4f is a horizonthe rude and laborious practice of reaching tal section in line et 4, Fig. 3. these bolts by repeatedly cutting holes in the 9o 4o Like letters of reference refer to like parts roof and covering the same with patches, but

in the several iigures. also forms a neat finish, which rather im- A indicates the main root or lower deck of proves than detracts from the appearance of the car, and A the upper deck. the roof. After tightening the tie-bolts the B is the usual deck bottom rail, C the deck caps I are replaced, thereby excluding water, 45 top rail, and D the posts or studs arranged dust, the.

between these rails. Myimprovementisalsoapplicable tofreight, Eindicates thevertical tie-bol-ts,which pass street, and other cars and may also be apthrough the deck top and bottom rails and plied to the car-root opposite other bolt-like the posts D, and e indicates the nuts applied members, such as the rods or tubes which [oo 5o to the upper ends of the bolts. carry the brackets of the car-lamps.

The upper deck A is provided opposite the I claim as my invention- 1. In a railway-car, the combination with the roof, of rods or bolts provided at their upper ends With screw-nuts arranged adjacent to the roof and accessible through wrench-openings located in the roof opposite the nuts, upright tubes or nipples secured to the roof in line With said openings, and removable caps applied to the upper ends of said nipples, substantially as set forth.

2. In a railway-car, the combination with the upper and lower decks, the deck top and bottoni rails andthe posts arranged between said rails, of tie-bolts passing through said top and bottom rails and having nuts at their upper ends Which are accessible through Wrench-openings located in the upper dec-k opposite the nuts, tubes or nipples applied to said openings and projecting above said deck and each provided with a base-flange Which is secured to the surface of the deck, and removable caps applied to the projecting upper ends of said tubes, substantially as set forth.

3. In a railway-car, the combination With the upper and lower decks, the deck top and bottom rails and the posts arranged between ranged at right angles tothe axis of the tube,

and screw-caps engaging with said screwthreaded tubes and each having a straight lower end which bears against the upper face of the corresponding tube-flange, substantially as set forth.

lVitness my hand this 29th day of October, 1901.

FREDERICK KUEMPEL.

Witnesses:

CARL F. GEYER, IRvIN LINCOLN. 

